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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rousseau say at the end of Chapter 1 might contradict virtue?
(a) Sciences.
(b) Education.
(c) Religion.
(d) Ignorance.

2. What does Rousseau say of the increasing knowledge in relation to the original state of man?
(a) It obscures it.
(b) It destroys it.
(c) It make it better.
(d) It nurtures it.

3. What type of democracy would Rousseau like?
(a) One that allows him to live peacefully.
(b) One where he is in charge.
(c) One without representatives.
(d) A bloated one.

4. What does Rousseau have for the republic of his birth?
(a) Little respect.
(b) Money.
(c) Gratitude.
(d) High hopes.

5. What do men become when they acquire more than others according to Rousseau?
(a) Leaders.
(b) Artists.
(c) Kings.
(d) Proud.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rousseau say increased in France?

2. What does Rousseau say might result only in ignorance?

3. What does inequality of wealth and condition produce?

4. What is not superior to the present day?

5. What part of society increased according to Rousseau?

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